Holder.



PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

I. L. LYMAN.

HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 190B.

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FRED LYLE LYlWfAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed July 14,1906. Serial No. 326,261.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED LYLE LYMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of St. Louis, in lhe State of Missouri, have invented a newand Improved Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to devices for holding a book in an open position,and its object is to provide a new and improved holder, more especiallydesigned for use on the shelf of a piano, organ or a similar musicalinstrument, and arranged to hold a music book open at any desired pageand without danger of marring the instrument or tearing or otherwiseinjuring the book cover or the leaves.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied; and Fig. 2is an enlarged transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a rearperspective view in detail of one end of the front bar.

The holder. illustrated in the drawings is preferably made from a singlepiece of wire, bent to form transverse base bars A, placed a suitabledistance apart and terminating at their rear ends in upwardly extendingback bars B, from the upper ends of which extend downwardly andforwardly spring arms 0 reaching with their lower ends within a shortdistance of the base bars A. The spring arms C operate in conjunctionwith a front bar D connecting the outer ends of L- shaped arms E witheach other, the said Lshaped arms E extending upwardly and outwardlyfrom the front ends of the base bars A. The inner surface of the frontbar D is preferably roughened at or near the ends thereof, as plainlyindicated in Fig. 3. In order For instance, as shown in the drawings,

two pieces of rubber tubing are used, one covering each base bar A, itsback bar B, a portion of the upper end of the spring arm (1 and thevertical member of the corresponding L-shaped arm E.

In using the device on the shelf of a piano, organ or a similar musicalinstrument, for instance, to hold a music book in an open position, itis only necessary to place the holder on the shelf, to open the book tothe desired page, then press the covers of the book against the arms toswing the same rcarwardly and allow of pushing the book down until thebottom edges of the book covers rest on the base bars A. The oper atornew releases the book, so that the spring arms (,3 press the lower endof the book forward and the open pages against the front bar D, tosecurely hold the book in an open position, the covers of which rest onthe upwardly and rearwardly slanting spring arms 0, thus giving thedesired usual inclination to the book besides holding it in openposition.

The device shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction and can be cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A holder. comprising a stand having cud base bars for the book torest on, back bars extending upwardly from the end bars, a front barconnecting the base bars for extending across the leaves of the openbook, and spring, arms depending from the upper ends of the said backbars and adapted to press against the covers of the open hook to holdthe leaves in contact with the said front bar.

holder made of a single piece of wire and coin pri in; base barsterminating at their front ends in upward and outwardly extendingLshapcd arms, a front bar connecting the terminals of the said L-shapedarms with each other. back bars rising from the rear terminals of thesaid base bars. and spring arms extending down wardly and forwardly fromthe upper ends of the said back bars to within a short distance of thesaid base burs and a distance below the said front bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesss.

l llEl) LYLE LYWA N.

Witnesses Inrri'ru A, Forum, Anion it. COATS.

